Donkeys for Sale near Bunker Hill, IL

About Bunker Hill, IL

Bunker Hill is the home of one of four statues of Abraham Lincoln sculpted by William Grandville Hastings. In 1904, Captain Charles Clinton, formerly of Company B of the First Missouri Voluntary Cavalry, donated the statue to the citizens of Bunker Hill in commemoration of the service of local veterans in Company B during the Civil War. The cost of the granite base was raised through voluntary subscription, and the bronze casting of Lincoln was shipped from Philadelphia. On 7 September 1904, the statue was unveiled by Miss Mary True, daughter of the town's founder. An estimated 7000 attended the dedication of the statue following a parade through the center of town.